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Safe Work Australia - Model Code of Practice - Hazardous Manual Tasks This code provides practical guidance for persons under the WHS Act and Regulations on hazardous manual tasks. Please note this is guidance only and not a legislative instrument. Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 see Chapter 3 General risk and workplace management manual handling and make recommendations on improving the manual handling management processes Health & Safety Representatives: Have a key role to play in dealing with OH&S issues. They can assist greatly in the identification of manual handling hazards through the following: 3. Remove or reduce the risk of injury using the assessment as a basis for action. 1.2. meet the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations . 2. Implementation . Deans of Faculty and Heads of Support Departments are responsible for the implementation of the Code of Practice within their area of control. Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 520S Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-5090 Email: dcdocuments@dc.gov Washington State Retail Food Code, Chapter 246-215 WAC (PDF) - These rules provide the safety standards for food served or sold to the public in Washington State. We are currently in the process of revising the retail food code . Code of Practice for Manual Handling No. 25, 20 April 2000 This code of practice is approved under section 55 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985. 2 Code of Practice. 3 Code of Practice Code of Practice 3. Code of Practice. 12 Code of Practice. wac 284-30-380 Settlement standards applicable to all insurers. (1) Within fifteen working days after receipt by the insurer of fully completed and executed proofs of loss, the insurer must notify the first party claimant whether the claim has been accepted or denied. Further to the above, WorkSafe Western Australia has published The Code of Practice Manual Handling which details how to go about fulfilling the legal requirement stated in the above regulation. That is, how to manage and reduce the risk of manual handling injuries. Further information: The term 'manual task' replaces the term 'manual handling' in line with the Australian Safety and Compensation Council National Standard for Manual Tasks (2007) and National Code of Practice for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders from Performing Manual Tasks at Work (2007). Injuries due to Manual Handling (musculoskeletal injuries) are still the most common compensable injuries in Victoria. There have been regulations for Manual Handling since 1988, though many workplaces have still done very little to comply. The Manual Handling is covered under Part Part 3.1 of Chapter 3 - Physical Hazards of the Regulations.